SkyWest acquires 25% of Contour ownership
03-09-2024, 10:29 AM
#41
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
No, there was never a pilot shortage. There was a brief hiring bubble. There was no sudden dearth of pilots, and now a surplus. Same number of pilots. Just a brief demand as the public returned to flying. That bubble has popped.
03-09-2024, 12:13 PM
#42
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Originally Posted by cornerpocket
This statement ignores the history of the regionals pre-COVID. Sudden dearth? No...nothing was sudden. Applicants at the regionals were dwindling 5-10 years prior to COVID (read: dogsh!t pay and compensation). While the problem was specific to the regionals, it was advertised as being industry-wide which was never the case.
There was never a shortage of pilots. That was always a myth.
Some employers fell short in terms of enticements, but there was never a shortage of pilots.
04-15-2024, 11:59 PM
#43
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Originally Posted by mountainhopper
Is it a pilot pathway or indentured servitude? I have not read the contract; I am going off of what I was told.
I recall discussions about a similar pathway after the investment from Skywest into Southern Airways Express. Apparently, the pathway there is not required, but there is still some sort of training contract.
04-16-2024, 12:13 AM
#44
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Originally Posted by amcnd
Don’t be in such a rush to get to a mainline job. Enjoy your path. Honestly 6 years is not bad if you did a 30 year look back at the average time to a major…
And I think that actual flows can take that long, too. I heard an American pilot say that he got hired mainline out of the Piedmont flow, and had classmates still waiting to flow from there after 6 years.
It is all perspective.
04-16-2024, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
. If Employer A has a hard time finding pilots, the problem isn't a shortage of pilots, just a shortage in the number that want to work for Employer A. This isn't a shortage.
It's a lack of desirability of Employer A in comparison to other employers.
It's a lack of desirability of Employer A in comparison to other employers.
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